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Bruno Bord<p>TIL: il existe une Agence Spatiale Islandaise.</p><p>Et elle fait un petit pied de nez à l'administration Trumpienne</p><p><a href="https://grapevine.is/news/2025/04/02/icelandic-space-agency-to-host-nasas-deleted-women-astronaut-comics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grapevine.is/news/2025/04/02/i</span><span class="invisible">celandic-space-agency-to-host-nasas-deleted-women-astronaut-comics/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Iceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iceland</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a></p>
Jaycosm🔆<p>I registered for the general portion of the show just in case I happen to be in San Jose, CA on the date of the conference. However, I really wish I lived close enough to attend the developer sessions 👀</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Andes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Andes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/RISCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISCV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/SoC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Processors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Processors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/AndesRISCVCON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndesRISCVCON</span></a></p>
StauBot<p>Viele 🚗 🚚 🚗 treffen sich gerade auf der A4: Görlitz -&gt; Dresden, zwischen 1.0 km hinter Ludwigsdorf und 0.1 km vor An der Neiße und blockieren die <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Autobahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autobahn</span></a>.</p><p>Es könnte sein, dass sie heute die <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>-weit verpflichtende Installation eines intelligenten, übersteuerbaren Geschwindigkeitsassistenten in alle <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neufahrzeuge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neufahrzeuge</span></a> fordern. Das könnte langfristig die Zahl der <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Verkehrstote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verkehrstote</span></a>​n um 20% reduzieren. Viel weniger Autos hätten <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Totalschaden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Totalschaden</span></a>. 🚗⚠️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Verkehrssicherheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verkehrssicherheit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> (Quelle: ETSC)</p>
Nettlepagus<p>Kerran kauan kauan sitten, pieni tarhalainen suuttui isälle niin maan kauhiasti, luultavasti isä kielsi tekemästä jotain. Ja purki kiukkuaan repimällä isälle, isänpäiväksi tekemäänsä kirjanmerkkiin. Tämä pieni tarhalainen jolla oli hankaluuksia tunteidenhallinnassa vielä vuosia eteenpäin, alkoi katumaan tekoaan lähes välittömästi ja haki mummulta (tapahtui mummulassa) teippiä ja tuli sitten yhä itkukurkussa pyytämään anteeksi ja ojensi teipillä kasatun kirjanmerkin isälle.</p><p>Viimejouluna ojensin kirjanmerkin kolmenkymmenen puoltaväliä lähestyvälle opiskelijalleni ja pyysin korjaamaan kirjanmerkin.<br>Miniä ja ottolapset (heidän ystäviä) ihmetteli kun isällä ja pojalla oli tippa linssissä ja hihiteltiin siinä kun poika teippaili kirjanmerkin taas kasaan. Poika sitten selitti jutun, osa ymmärsi tunnesiteen kirjanmerkkiin osa ei. </p><p>Jospa se taas parikymmentä vuotta tekee tehtävänsä.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/kirja" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kirja</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/kirjamastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kirjamastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/kirjanmerkki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kirjanmerkki</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/muistelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>muistelo</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/is%C3%A4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isä</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>LuGRE acquires and tracks <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPS</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Galileo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galileo</span></a> signals on the lunar surface for the first time ever and 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝘅 — approx.y 225,000 miles away from Earth.</p><p>The mission, delivered to the lunar surface by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefly</span></a> Aerospace’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueGhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueGhost</span></a>, will operate for 14 days providing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> and the Italian Space Agency (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a>) with data in a near-continuous mode, leading to additional GNSS milestones. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LuGRE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuGRE</span></a> is the first ISA developed hardware on the<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-successfully-acquires-gps-signals-on-moon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/general/nasa-successf</span><span class="invisible">ully-acquires-gps-signals-on-moon/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a></p>
Emily<p>Anyone know of a current source for Graphics Gremlin boards? Looking to either source one or possibly build one. Thanks!!!</p><p><a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> #8088 <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/isa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isa</span></a></p>
André Machado :debian:<p>RISC-V Architecture: An Open Revolution</p><p>RISC-V is a modern, open‑source instruction set architecture (ISA) that has transformed the way we think about processor design and innovation. Built on classic Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) principles, RISC‑V is characterized by its simplicity, modularity, and extensibility.</p><p>Read More: <a href="https://machaddr.substack.com/p/risc-v-architecture-an-open-revolution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">machaddr.substack.com/p/risc-v</span><span class="invisible">-architecture-an-open-revolution</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/riscv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a></p>
Verfassungklage@troet.cafe<p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> ist bereit für <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/RISC_V" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISC_V</span></a></p><p>RISC-V ist eine offene Befehlssatzarchitektur (Instruction Set Architecture, <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a>), die auf den Prinzipien von Reduced Instruction Set Computing ( <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/RISC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISC</span></a> ) basiert. Im Gegensatz zu proprietären Architekturen ist RISC-V kostenlos und offen. Im Hinblick auf Offenheit und Freiheit ist die Entwicklung von RISC-V-Hardware für <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> ein wichtiger Schritt.<br>Zielsetzung primäre Architektur. </p><p><a href="https://linuxnews.de/fedora-ist-bereit-fuer-risc-v/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxnews.de/fedora-ist-bereit</span><span class="invisible">-fuer-risc-v/</span></a></p>
postmodern<p>Anyone know of a better (read: simpler) ISA XML file for ARM64/AArch64 than the official <code>onebigfile.xml</code> from <a href="https://developer.arm.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">developer.arm.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/arm64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm64</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/aarch64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aarch64</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a></p>
postmodern<p>Huge diss to ARM Corp for having the <a href="https://developer.arm.com/-/media/developer/products/architecture/armv8-a-architecture/2021-12/ISA_A64_xml_v88A-2021-12.tar.gz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">most dense and difficult to parse ISA XML schema</a>! Like wtf my dude, ARM is literally CISC, each instruction assembles down to a 32bit integer. How/why did you have to make the XML schema so overly complex?!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/arm64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm64</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/aarch64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aarch64</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/isa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isa</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/assembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assembly</span></a></p>
postmodern<p>Shout out to <a href="https://github.com/Maratyszcza/Opcodes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/Maratyszcza/Opcodes</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for having the most understandable ISA XML schema ever!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/asm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/assembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assembly</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/isa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isa</span></a></p>
A. Sikorski<p>"What you can hear in the sonification soundtrack of this video are real spacecraft vibrations measured by the Italian Spring Accelerometer <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> instrument. The accelerometer data have been shifted in frequency to make them audible to human ears – one hour of measurements have been sped up to one minute of sound."<br><a href="https://tinyurl.com/4jr6xhtm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/4jr6xhtm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>[85MB 32𝖡 <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/%F0%9D%9F%A6%F0%9D%9F%AAk%F0%9D%96%A7z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>𝟦𝟪k𝖧z</span></a>] <a href="https://dlmultimedia.esa.int/download/public/videos/2025/01/015/orig-2501_015_AR_EN.mp4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dlmultimedia.esa.int/download/</span><span class="invisible">public/videos/2025/01/015/orig-2501_015_AR_EN.mp4</span></a></p><p>Licence CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO/ESA S.L.<br><a href="https://layer8.space/tags/sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sound</span></a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/esa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esa</span></a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/jaxa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jaxa</span></a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a></p>
JP Sugarbroad<p>It seems that the consensus in ISA development is that it's better to use one general-purpose ISA than bespoke ones designed for purpose. Like, a lot of RISC-V constraints are irrelevant to small embedded processors, but they still constrain things. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/isa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cpudesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cpudesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/riscv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscv</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@reverseics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reverseics</span></a></span> Classical <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NanoRaptor</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitposting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitposting</span></a> aside: This <em>is</em> technically possible even outside <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/S100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>S100</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCI</span></a> buses.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIexpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCIexpress</span></a> [tho usuallly only ISA+PCI)-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backplane</span></a> systems are not only common in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> setups but perfectly possible.</li></ul><p>If I had more money than sense I would've build something <a href="https://github.com/KBtechnologies/UltraStation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">similar</a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sgi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sgi</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NumaLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NumaLink</span></a>-based systems with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UltraStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UltraStation</span></a>.</p><p>Embrace the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CHONK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHONK</span></a>|ER!<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3lUw9GUJA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3lUw9GUJ</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p><p>(Also available as a smol pizzabox!)</p>
IT News<p>Arduino VGA, The Old Fashioned Way - Making a microcontroller speak to a VGA monitor has been a consistent project in o... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/11/30/arduino-vga-the-old-fashioned-way/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/11/30/arduin</span><span class="invisible">o-vga-the-old-fashioned-way/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/arduinohacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arduinohacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/arduinomega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arduinomega</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/isa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isa</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vga</span></a></p>
Jure Repinc :linux: :kde:<p>RISC-V Vector Extension overview<br>🔗&nbsp;<a href="http://0x80.pl/notesen/2024-11-09-riscv-vector-extension.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">0x80.pl/notesen/2024-11-09-ris</span><span class="invisible">cv-vector-extension.html</span></a></p><p>"The goal of this text is to provide an overview of RISC-V Vector extension (RVV), and compare — when applicable — with widespread SIMD vector instruction sets: SSE, AVX, AVX-512, ARM Neon and SVE.<br>[…]<br>The vector extension is quite a huge addition. It adds 302 instructions plus four highly configurable load &amp; store operations."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/RISCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISCV</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/RISC_V" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISC_V</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/RVV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RVV</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/ComputerArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/InstructionSetArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InstructionSetArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/CPUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPUs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/processor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>processor</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/processors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>processors</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>-- :please_boost: 🔁 :boost_ok: :boost: :boosted:</p><p>Speaking of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROMs</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a>: Does anyone know a good way to implement something like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROM</span></a> like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tandy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/1000RL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1000RL</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/1000RLX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1000RLX</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIEPqD4luG8&amp;t=166s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">did</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DeskMate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeskMate</span></a> (as <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vwestlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vwestlife</span></a></span> showed)...</p><ul><li>Or is this something that requires either going down the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCIe</span></a> -&gt; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCI</span></a> -&gt; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> rabbit hole?</li></ul><p>I mean, it would be a way cleaner setup to boot OS/1337 to than booting a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDROM</span></a>? </p><ul><li>If noone has an Idea how to make this happen, is there any good way or existing solution to basically make a hardware write-protectable / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/readonly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readonly</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> flashdrive to boot from? </li></ul><p>Ideally something that can take <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIOS</span></a>-style ROM Chips that one can put on a board without write-enable connected so they're read-only! </p><ul><li>And yes, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> may see similarities to his [deprecated] <a href="https://landley.net/code/aboriginal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aboriginal Linux</a> nee <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FirmwareLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirmwareLinux</span></a> ...</li></ul><p>Still having like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/minimalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minimalist</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro in Boot-ROM would be nifty, espechally when it comes to making a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecureComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecureComputing</span></a> <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terminal</span></a>"</em>...</p><ul><li>Maybe <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@ActionRetro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ActionRetro</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://studio8502.ca/@mos_8502" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mos_8502</span></a></span> and others can point this question to people who are firm in boot ROMs and potentially even have something at hand.</li></ul><p>(I don't expect something like a PCI(e Mini)Card but I'd not be against it!)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Question</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/amd64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd64</span></a></p>
Yukari Hafner :v_lesbian:<p>#2142</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.tymoon.eu/tags/onesies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onesies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tymoon.eu/tags/isa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tymoon.eu/tags/creativetoots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativetoots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tymoon.eu/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a></p>
wobweger :verified:<p>important<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> Global <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> Alliance<br><a href="https://isagca.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">isagca.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IEC62443" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IEC62443</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ZeroTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroTrust</span></a></p>
dorotaC<p>Why does the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/x86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x86</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> keep getting new fixed-length <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vector</span></a> extensions rather than variable-length ones like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RiscV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiscV</span></a> did?</p><p>Every new length gets another copy of the same instructions. Not only does this waste instruction encoding space, it also means older CPUs can't support the new array lengths even if the data inside is of a supported size.</p><p>What's the reason?</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intel</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/amd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amd</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hpc</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cpu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cpu</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a></p>